COWBOY
A man's attitude...
a man's attitude goes some ways
a man's attitude goes some ways
toward how a man's life will be.
Is that something you agree with?
Is that something you agree with?
ADAM
Sure.
COWBOY
Now...
did you answer cause you thought
that's what I wanted to hear
or did you think about what I said
and answer cause you truly
that's what I wanted to hear
or did you think about what I said
and answer cause you truly
believe that to be right?
ADAM
I agree with
what you said...
truly.
COWBOY
What did I say?
ADAM
That a man's attitude
determines to a
large extent how
large extent how
his life will be.
COWBOY
So since you agree
I guess you could be a
person who does not
person who does not
care about the good life.
ADAM
How's that?
COWBOY
Well, just stop for a little
second and think about it.
Will ya do that for me?
Will ya do that for me?
ADAM
Okay, I'm thinking.
COWBOY
No. You're too busy being
a smart aleck to be thinkin'.
Now I want you to think and
Now I want you to think and
quit bein' such a smart aleck.
Can you do that for me?
Can you do that for me?
ADAM
Look... Where's this going?
What do you want me to do?
What do you want me to do?
COWBOY
There's sometimes a buggy.
How many drivers
How many drivers
does a buggy have?
ADAM
One.
COWBOY
So let's just say I'm driving this buggy
and you fix your attitude and
and you fix your attitude and
you can ride along with me.
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The Cowboy can be
read as being David Lynch
telling the audience in the
form of the smart-aleck
director Adam to fix their
attitude as to the film
and to ride with
the buggy-driver,
the Director, on the
journey of Mulholland
Drive.